Endless Mountains Adventure Race

FULL COURSE ESTIMATES: Teams hoping to complete the full course (visiting all mandatory AND optional checkpoints) can expect to cover the following distances. Distance-specific estimates represent the cumulative distances for each discipline across multiple stages of the event. Most teams can expect to complete a shortened version of the course. Remember: route choice and navigational errors may result in different experiences and some extra miles!

Total Distance: 475 miles (765 km)
Total Biking: 290 miles (467 km)
Total Trekking: 90 miles (145 km)
Total Paddling: 90 miles (145 km)

SHORT COURSE ESTIMATES: The Endless Mountains Adventure Race is designed to challenge the top races in the world, and at the same time provide an accessible entry point to the sport of expedition adventure racing. To that end, the course is made up of a series of mandatory and optional checkpoints. The mandatory points create the minimum distance that racers can cover in order to be an official finisher. Below, you will find the distances of that minimum mandatory course. While not reflected in these numbers, portions of this short course also involve faster and easier travel. Biking miles may be on pavement instead of trails; food travel may be on trails rather than overland; etc… While there is still some impressive elevation, there is significantly less vertical gain on the short course as well (roughly 2/3 of the gain on the full course).

Total Distance: 365 miles (587 km)
Total Biking: 242 miles (390 km)
Total Trekking: 65 miles (105 km)
Total Paddling: 58 miles (93 km)